Quill Books & Beverage in Westbrook, Maine, which sells both new and used books, will be closing later this month. The Portland Press Herald reported that Matthew Irving and Allison Krzanowski opened the store in 2018 and during the Covid-19 pandemic "offered customers pickups and subscription boxes with food, drink, and books."
The owners had renovated and reopened Quill for limited hours in April, but in a recent Instagram post explained their decision to close at the end of June: "As we're sure you've noticed, we reopened with limited hours to feel things out, to see if we could make Quill work again despite the changes around our location over the last few years.
"The Westbrook we returned to after the pandemic is a different place and we have come to the realization that Quill in its current location is no longer viable. Hundreds of local workers have transitioned to remote work--which we fully support--but this has created a gap in our day to day business which is not easily made up.... We love the community we met through Quill. Thank you to all of you who made Quill what is was. We hope that this is not goodbye forever and perhaps in the coming years we will be able to start again somewhere new."